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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Paradoxically, but perhaps inevitably, as things are getting better in the wake of the COVID crisis tempers – including, it would seem, that of Scott Morrison – are becoming more frayed. The Black Lives Matter demonstrations of last weekend marked ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/grattan-on-friday-protests-add-new-element-of-uncertainty-to-covid-exit-140559/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abbas Mohajerani, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Every year, treated wastewater sludge called “biosolids” is recycled and spread over agricultural land. My recent research discovered this practice dumps thousands of tonnes of microplastics into farmlands around the world. In Australia, we estimate this amount as ... <a title="More than 1,200 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/more-than-1-200-tonnes-of-microplastics-are-dumped-into-aussie-farmland-every-year-from-wastewater-sludge-137278/" aria-label="Read more about More than 1,200 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that “there was no slavery in Australia”. This is a common misunderstanding which often obscures our nation’s history of exploitation of First Nations people and Pacific Islanders. Morrison followed ... <a title="Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/was-there-slavery-in-australia-yes-it-shouldnt-even-be-up-for-debate-140544/" aria-label="Read more about Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Working from home during COVID-19 appeared to cost us little. Yet employers effectively requisitioned part of those homes. While necessary, it was far from costless to us, and our generosity shouldn’t be taken for granted. Bureau of Statistics ... <a title="About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/about-that-spare-room-employers-requisitioned-our-homes-and-our-time-139854/" aria-label="Read more about About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology Australians have enjoyed watching Australian stories on the small screen for generations. From Number 96 to Offspring, House Husbands to Mystery Road, Australian television has reflected Australia back to Australian audiences. As the government notes in its ... <a title="TV has changed, so must the way we support local content" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/tv-has-changed-so-must-the-way-we-support-local-content-139674/" aria-label="Read more about TV has changed, so must the way we support local content">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Three in every four Australians hold a negative view about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to stark new research this week. As ANU researcher Siddharth Shirodkar explained, these views can lead to widespread racism. This study presents stark ... <a title="Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/ten-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following-if-you-want-to-listen-to-indigenous-australians-and-learn-140353/" aria-label="Read more about Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abdel K. Halabi, Senior Lecturer in Accounting , Federation University Australia This week the deputy premier of New South Wales, home to most teams in Australia’s National Rugby League, suggested getting football fans back in the stands might be an issue of fundamental rights. If 20,000 people ... <a title="Footy crowds: what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/footy-crowds-what-the-afl-and-nrl-need-to-turn-sport-into-show-business-139471/" aria-label="Read more about Footy crowds: what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shamit Saggar, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Institute, University of Western Australia Australia is routinely compared with other rich, developed nations. Its economy, schooling, health care, infrastructure and social values are regularly put up against those of Western Europe and North America, ... <a title="Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/australia-needs-to-confront-its-history-of-white-privilege-to-provide-a-level-playing-field-for-all-139755/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sly, Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19. ... <a title="OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/om85-could-bacteria-in-a-capsule-protect-us-from-coronavirus-and-other-respiratory-infections-140064/" aria-label="Read more about OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer, Researcher & Course Coordinator (Master of Speech Pathology), School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! Is it joyful? What if your baby cries, fusses and isn’t feeding well? Perhaps you’ve tried breast and ... <a title="My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/my-baby-has-tongue-tie-should-i-be-worried-139561/" aria-label="Read more about My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Spry, Honorary Associate, PhD, La Trobe University Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought. What ... <a title="How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/how-a-stone-wedged-in-a-gum-tree-shows-the-resilience-of-aboriginal-culture-in-australia-139663/" aria-label="Read more about How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s 2020 general election will be like no other in our history. It comes in the wake of a remarkable government-led act of collective solidarity that has sacrificed businesses and livelihoods in ... <a title="An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/an-election-like-no-other-with-100-days-to-go-can-jacinda-ardern-maintain-her-extraordinary-popularity-140252/" aria-label="Read more about An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?">Read more</a>
